Puzzle or toy.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903 I. D. BRINTON. PUZZLE OR TOY. APPLIUATION FILED Mn 1B, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PUZZLE OR TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,930, dated August 25, 1903. Application filed May 16,1903. Serial No. 157,434. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS D. BRINTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vestchester, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Puzzles or Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a toy or puzzle which can be used as an advertising 1mvelty; and, broadly speaking, the invention comprises a solid body through which a cord or string is passed and adapted to be pulled back and forth, one half of the string orcord being one color, while the other half is of a different color, and when one half of the string is pulled out the other half is drawn into the body, so that apparently the string changes color as it is pulled from one side to the other of the body.

The invention consists also in the means whereby the slack of the string is taken up within the body through which it passes.

In the drawings forming part of this specifleation, Figure l is a view showing the operation of my invention, the dark side of the string being pulled out. Fig. is a view illustrating the operation, the light side of the string being pulled out; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the body, the string being shown in elevation.

In carrying out my invention I employ a body A, which may be of any size and shape desired and is preferably made from a small piece of wood. This body A has a central longitudinal bore B, which extends from one end nearly to the opposite end, and passing transversely through the bore are the pins 0. Transverse passages D are produced in the body portion about midway its length, said passages extending from the central bore 13 outwardly through the body, and these passages are in alinement with each other. A cord or string E is passed through one of the passages around one of the pins 0, then through the bore B, around the other pin, and out through the opposite passage. (me half of the string is colored any desired shade or color and the other half can be left white or can be colored any desired shade or color contrasting with the color of the first-mentioned half, and in the drawings I have indicated one half of the cord as black and the other half as white. A white button E is placed upon the end of the white section, while a black button E is placed on the end of the black section. A plug G is inserted in the open end of the body, said plug being flush with said end, and it will of course be understood that this end and the exterior of the block or body is painted or colored, as desired, and in case the device is to be used as an advertising medium the advertisement can be printed or pasted upon the side of the block or body. \Vhen the article is finished, the body has the appearance of asolid block of wood, and when the string is pulled out at one side it appears dark and when pulled out at the opposite side it appears light, and as onlya definite length of string is exposed at each time it appears as though the string changed color in being pulled from one side of the block to the other.

It will of course be understood that the length of the body or block will be sufficient to take upthe intermediate or slack portion of the string which is drawn into the bore as the other portion of the string is pulled out.

It will be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and amusing construction of toy or puzzle capable of use as an advertising medium, as it is obvious that the article will be highly amusing to children and that ample space is provided for displaying an advertisement.

llaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the kind described comprising a body having a longitudinal bore and transverse passages, said passages being arranged in alinement, transverse pins passing through the body and bore, the string passing through the passages and bore, and around the pins, the said string being colored upon opposite sides of its longitudinal center, the buttons arranged upon the ends of the string, and the plug for closing the end of the bore, substantially as described.

FRANUIS l). llRlNlON. \Vitnesses:

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